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Carol Robbins - "Taylor Street"
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“Though the harp has been used frequently in jazz orchestral recordings, there have been only a handful of improvising jazz harpists. Among...
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Harry James - Cornet Chop Suey and Jazz Connoisseur - Part 6
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The editorial staff at JazzProfiles concudes it extended feature on the life and music of Harry James with a series of reviews on the biography...
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Daniele Scannapieco "... is good"! [From the Archives]
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Italy has seen the development of a number of fine, Jazz saxophonists in recent years and sooner or later they all perform with Italian Jazz...
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Chet Baker Big Band
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Given the myriad recordings that Chet Baker appeared on during his forty year career, it not surprising that Chet Baker Big Band [Pacific Jazz...
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Russ Freeman - Part 1
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.I didn’t realize it at the time, but I met pianist, composer and arranger Russ Freeman just after his days as a professional musician were...
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Russ Freeman - Part 2
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“L'association avec Russ Freeman, "experience en quartette fait du trompettiste introverti, parfois peu assure techniquement, un soliste...
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"Silk and Steel" - Luke Hendon
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Sometimes coincidences are just that - coincidences, this despite the oft-repeated cliche to the effect that there “aren’t any coincidences.”I...
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Django Reinhardt - The Great Blue Star Sessions, 1947 and 1953
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Django Reinhardt (1910-53)GUITAR, VIOLINOne of the few genuine legends of the music, Jean Baptiste Reinhardt was born at Liverchies in Belgium....
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Jazz Haunts and Magic Vaults: The New Lost Classics of Resonance Records, Vol. 1
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Resonance Records PresentsJAZZ HAUNTS & MAGIC VAULTSThe New Lost Classics of Resonance Records, Vol. 1CD, Digital Download & Streaming...
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Jean-Luc Katchoura's "Tal Farlow [1921-1998]: A Life In Jazz Guitar" [From...
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.One of the most frequently accessed posts in the JazzProfiles archives is our featured entitled “Tal Farlow: Jazz Guitar and Bebop.”I’ve...
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Hod O'Brien R.I.P- [1936-2016] - The Gordon Jack Interview [From The Archives]
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.[I am re-posting this piece in memory of Hod who I just heard passed away recently at the age of 80.]Gordon Jack “stopped by” the...
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From Marshall to Williams to Jazz Photography
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“There's a significance, too, in the way [Jim] Marshall's photographs tend to soften the sharp cultural divisions of his time. Barriers —...
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Herbie Hancock – A Jump Ahead [From the Archives]
© -Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.Before he became a sizzling Jazz-Rock Fusion superstar for Warner Bros. and Columbia Records during the 1970s [and beyond], pianist-composer...
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Hod O’Brien Tells the Jazz Life of a Quiet Giant in His New Book
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.I came across the following interview with Hod in his hometown newspaper, The Daily Progress, in Charlottesville, VA and thought it would make...
View Article"Count Your Change" - The Paul Horn Quintet [From the Archives]
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.I really enjoyed playing on the Paul Horn composition, Count Your Change. Because it transitioned so easily from 4/4 to 5/4 time, it helped me...
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The Life Cycles of Bands, the Creative Process and the Challenges of Working...
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“It is, perhaps, in guiding other artists to discover deep within themselves unique facets of their own sensitivities and talents, and in...
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Hod O'Brien At Blues Alley
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.These days, it’s not often that Jazz fans get to visit with a bebop piano-bass-drums trio in situ, by that I mean over a length of time in a...
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Remembering Conrad Gozzo - 1922-1964
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“It is certainly not everyday that a justly famous jazz trumpeter, making his solo recording debut, is given the opportunity to demonstrate...
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Jazz Life: A Journey for Jazz Across America in 1960 [From the Archives]
© -Steven Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.The following story cannot be written today. It can only be told. You couldn’t complete this trek; there’s nothing like it to be seen, anymore....
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"Gene Krupa: The World Is Not Enough" [From the Archives]
© - Steven A. Cerra, copyright protected; all rights reserved.“The Jazz at the Philharmonic tour that fall lifted Gene's spirits, at least for a while. But the traveling paled them. I often watched...
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